I’m hiring: Interns, Producers and Editors for my team! (LA/NYC)
January 23, 2012
in Work
I’m looking for interns, producers and editors for my department over at my job (new site coming soon!).
If you aren’t aware, I’m the Managing Director of a production studio for a new media company and I manage production staff/interns for our LA and NYC offices. I need to find some people as soon as possible (interns are ongoing)
Some of the NYC positions may be able to hire/work out of the LA office if I can’t find anyone in the NYC area. Or maybe I’ll hire for both in both offices. My department is growing really fast, so you never know!
LA OFFICE
- Production Intern – For Credit Only: losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/tfr/2804836568.html
NY OFFICE
- FULL TIME: Video Content Editor: newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tfr/2806594353.html
- FULL TIME: Producer: newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tfr/2807352431.html
- Post-Production Intern (For Credit Only): newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tfr/2804941861.html
- Social Media & Editorial Intern (For Credit Only): newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/wri/2804832950.html
- Production Intern (For Credit Only): newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tfr/2804834662.html
Apply. Send to people looking for jobs. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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I Miss Writing.
January 11, 2012
in Personal
More regular writing in 2012.
Promise.
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Launching “How I Made It”
November 17, 2011
in #Tech,Video
Yesterday I launched a new series for my job (job? yes–I have a job! more on it later—I’m too busy working). It is called “How I Made It” and it profiles Black women who have made it in the fashion and beauty industry. Our first episode features Mikki Taylor, former Beauty & Cover Editor for ESSENCE Magazine. Mikki is a pretty awesome lady. Shooting this was the first time I have experienced her in the flesh, and I enjoyed every minute of it!
This is the third series I’ve launched for the job so far. Each project is special to me for one reason or another, and every new series is my new favorite. I am pretty proud of this piece, which is saying a lot–I am hardly ever proud of my work for longer than 10 seconds immediately following launching. The team I put together to pull all of this off was amazing. From the makeup artist to the motion graphics team to the director, editor and DP, to the producer, the musician who created the music and of course our regular staff who had lots of input. I think this may have been the first piece we’ve done that I couldn’t stop watching over and over again. I think my favorite part of this whole thing is I got it done right under budget, ha!
I really enjoy producing video content for the web. It’s happening for me really quickly, but being able to tell visual stories that you can’t find in mainstream media–especially those about and for Black people is kinda….cool. I am loving the opportunity to be able to do this.
Watch the video below. [click to continue…]
Tagged as: how I made it, job, moguldom, styleblazer, work
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Remembering Steve Jobs
October 5, 2011
in #Tech
In case you didn’t know, I am a big nerd. I am also a big sap. So when I heard the news that Steve Jobs had passed away today, I kinda broke down in tears. In public. Ugly crying, everywhere.
First, let me rewind. Six weeks ago Steve stepped down from his position at Apple, and I guess I knew then that it was a wrap. Steve had always said when his health got so bad that he could no longer lead Apple, he would step down. And when that day had come, I knew things had to be dire, because Steve struck me as the kinda guy who would try to work until his dying day. I shed some tears that day, knowing his time had to be soon.
I came home crying this evening (finally home where I could really break down) and my roommate thought I was a bit crazy for crying over the passing of a man I had never met. But, much like Michael Jackson, Steve was a cultural game changer for the majority of my life.
My first interaction with a (cool) personal computer was some early model Macintosh. Sure, I’d played Oregon Trail on some sort of early model IBM. But I remember loving computers and thinking they were awesome in 7th grade when my Journalism teacher taught us how to lay out our school newspaper on a Macintosh. It was way more interactive, it made cute, cool sounds and it was easy to work with. In High School, we did our art projects on Macs in Art class. At home, our very first computer was an Apple laptop. My first interactions with the Internet was through an Apple computer, and today I make my living on the Internet. The first computer my parents bought for me in college was a graphite iMac. Every computer I’ve ever purchased as an adult has been a Mac. My first (and last! lol) boyfriend was an Apple Genius. I remember the day I bought my first iPod, convinced that me and 50 Cent had to be the only Black people on the planet who owned iPods…and that was cool. I remember the day I bought my first iPhone. And as a budding entrepreneur and someone trying to mold her career, I’ve admired Steve’s passion, business acumen, and innovation.
In some way shape or form, Steve Jobs has influenced the way I consume and produce media, the way I think, and he’s had a hand in how I communicate with the world. I know we all have a limited time on this earth, but I think one can only hope that they will leave behind a legacy as impactful as Steve’s.
Rest in peace.
Tagged as: #Tech, apple, iphone, ipod, macintosh, steve jobs
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(Self)Motivated Early
September 26, 2011
in Family,Personal
Yesterday I called my mom’s house to have a not-so-brief chat and catch up. The person who answered the phone was one of my little sisters, age 14, who entered her freshman year of high school 6 weeks ago.
We had some small talk and then she said, “[my nickname redacted], can I ask you something? I have a few questions for you.”
“Sure.”
“Can you send me the books you used to study for the SATs?”
Me, shocked at how ahead of the curve she is, didn’t know what to say. “Um, sure. Except…the books I used are outdated because the SAT has changed since I was in high school.”
“Oh.”
“But I’ll tell you what I can do. I will go on Amazon and poke around for some good study guides and order some and have them sent to you. That okay?”
“Yep!”
“Good. Now tell me where you’re thinking of going to college…”
From there, she gave me her list of schools she wants to get into (“I am thinking Yale, Stanford or Princeton, but I will apply to Harvard and probably MIT as well.”) and then I tried to strategize with her about how to make herself a more well-rounded college applicant. The oldest of my younger sisters is super motivated. Quiet. Loves to read. Straight A student. Natural leader. I think the beauty of it all is that no one in my family has pressured her to be this way. She just…is.
My sisters are growing up so fast. When I was in high school they were just babies and toddlers. Now we have full on conversations about life planning. It trips me out.
Tagged as: college planning, Family, sisters
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